Neurotyrant
Neurotyrants are Tyranid bioforms which act as focusing nodes for the shadow in the warp, serving as a mobile command center for the Tyranid swarm.[1][4]
Overview
The Neurotyrant is a support-focused creature. It hovers across terrain much like a Zoanthrope. It sports a multitude of thrashing tendrils to whip at anything within reach. Its giant brain exists to focus the mental powers of the Tyranids, increasing the psychic pressure exerted by the Shadow in the Warp while simultaneously relaying the critical Synapse network to less developed creatures.[2] This allows it to act as a sort of mobile command centre for the Tyranid swarm and better coordinate the Hive Mind's armies.[3] Non-Tyranids caught within its psychic field will be driven to madness and agony.[4]
Neurotyrants are accompanied by smaller Neuroloids in battle.[3]
Manipulation
Neurotyrants are capable of understanding specific human desires and inducing a delusional state which caters to those desires, at significant range and with perfect precision. Using such manipulation can subtly influence the flow of battle by disrupting foes or drawing them into a deathtrap. For example, projecting visions of the God-Emperor miraculously appearing to a Confessor stationed in a strategic position could readily be used as a pawn, unknowingly enacting schemes that benefit the Tyranid.[6]
Images
2023 Neurotyrant miniature with Neuroloids[1]
See also
Sources
- 1: Warhammer Community : Warhammer 40,000: Leviathan – What’s In The Box? (29/04/23) (last accessed 29/04/23)
- 2: Warhammer Community : The Tyranids of Leviathan: Shred the Galaxy With Claws, Spines, and Really Big Brains (29/04/23) (last accessed 29/04/23)
- 3: Warhammer Community: Unleash the Shadow in the Warp With the Neurotyrant (posted 15/5/2023) (last accessed 16/5/2023)
- 4: Codex: Tyranids (10th Edition), pg. 79
- 5: Official Warhammer Youtube Channel: Tyranids Lore | Faction Guides | Warhammer 40,000
- 6: Leviathan (Novel), Chapter 24
